Keynote Conference Day One - 8 September 2025
08:00 - 08:30
SEATING OF PARTICIPANTS
OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
SESSION CHAIRMAN
09:00 - 09:10
DISPLAY OF A DOCUMENTARY ON MINING AND ENERGY SECTORS IN MAURITANIA
09:10 - 09:15
OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
09:15 - 09:30
GOVERNMENT OPENING REMARKS
H.E. Thiam Tidjani
Minister of Mines and Industry, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
H.E. Mohamed Ould Khaled
Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
HE Sid’ Ahmed Ould Bouh
Minister of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mauritania
09:30 - 09:45
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SNIM’S ROLE IN DEVELOPING MAURITANIA’S RESOURCES INDUSTRY & ACCELERATING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SECTOR
Mohamed Vall Mohamed Telmidy
CEO, SNIM, Mauritania
09:45 - 10:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TRANSITIONING TO NEW ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND NEEDS
Gordon Birrell
EVP Production & Operations, BP International, United Kingdom
10:00 - 10:15
PRESENTATION: GUELB MOGHREIN COPPER & GOLD MINE - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
Mia Gous
Operations Director, First Quantum Minerals, Canada
10:15 - 10:23
PRESENTATION: FUTURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MAURITANIA AMID INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TO THE GREEN HYDROGEN MARKET
Mark Crandall
Chairman & Founder, CWP Global, United States
10:23 - 10:30
PRESENTATION: MAURITANIA - A STRATEGIC ENERGY HUB
Adonis Pouroulis
CEO, Chariot Energy Group, United Kingdom
10:30 - 10:35
PRESENTATION: UNLOCKING MAURITANIA’S URANIUM POTENTIAL - ECONOMIC GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY & GOVERNANCE
Andrew Grove
Managing Director & CEO, Aura Energy, Australia
10:35 - 12:00
INAUGURATION AND VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION STANDS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MOHAMED OULD CHEIKH EL GHAZOUANI, PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA
10:35
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
MINING, OIL & GAS RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION
SESSION CHAIRMAN
12:00 - 12:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: AFRICA'S MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE FACE OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION: AFRICAN VISION & LEADERSHIP
Sidi Ould Tah
President, African Development Bank, Ivory Coast (Session Chair)
Mohamed Abdel Vettah
High Commissioner, Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), Mauritania
Mike Anderson
Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Government Relations, Kosmos Energy, United States
H.E. Moses Micheal Engadu
Secretary General, Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG)
Ravi Ruia
Vice Chairman & Co-Founder, ESSAR Group, India
Ibou Diouf
Operations Manager for Mauritania, The World Bank, Mauritania
12:30 - 13:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: MINING POTENTIAL AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION: TOWARDS INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR
Jemal Taleb (Session Chair)
Former CEOs, SNIM, Mauritania
Mohamed Hassena Ould Ely
Mohamed Salem Ould Bechir
Brahim Ould Barack
Mohamed Abdallahy Ould Oudaa
Taleb Abdi Vall
Kane Ousmane
Mohamed Saleck Ould Heyine
​Youssouf Ould Abde Jelil​
Mohamed Ali Ould Deyahi
13:00 - 14:30
OFFICIAL LUNCH & NETWORKING
MINING & ENERGY STRATEGIES, RESOURCES, CAPABILITIES, REGIONAL COOPERATION & PARTNERSHIPS
SESSION CHAIRMAN
14:30 - 15:15
MINISTERIAL PANEL DISCUSSION: PUBLIC POLICIES, INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS, AND GOVERNANCE IN THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR
H.E. Thiam Tidjani
Minister of Mines and Industry, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania (Session Chair)
H.E. Mohamed Ould Khaled
Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
HE Sid’ Ahmed Ould Bouh
Minister of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mauritania
H.E. Leila Benali
Minister, Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Kingdom of Morocco
H.E. Birame Soulèye Diop
Minister, Ministre de l’Energie, du Pétrole et des Mines, Sénégal
H.E. Nani Juwara
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, The Gambia
H.E. Martin Gama Abucha
Minister, Ministry of Mining, South Sudan
Commissioner Colonel Abarchi Ousmane
Minister of Mines, Ministry of Mines and Industrial Development, Niger
Benjamin Gallezot
French Interministerial Delegate for Supplies of Strategic Minerals and Metals, French Government, France
15:15 - 16:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: REGIONAL COOPERATION, SOUTH-SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS, AND MINING & ENERGY DIPLOMACY IN WEST AFRICA - OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES FOR THE MAURITANIAN EXTRACTIVE SECTOR AND NET-ZERO VISION
Kane Ousmane
Former CEO, SNIM, Mauritania (Session Chair)
Mamadou Amadou Kane
Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Alioune Gueye
CEO, Petrosen Holding, Senegal
Amina Ben Khadra
CEO, ONHYM, Morocco
Ismail Abdel Vetah
Director General, SMH, Mauritania
Dmitry ToKarev
Country Manager, Emiral Mining, United Arab Emirates
C Level Speaker, National Basics Company, Saudi Arabia
Representative, SNIM, Mauritania
16:00 - 16:30
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
MAURITANIA AS LEADING MINING, ENERGY & RENEWABLE INVESTMENT FRONTIER IN AFRICA
SESSION CHAIRMAN
16:30 - 17:15
PANEL DISCUSSION: MINING PROMOTION & INVESTMENTS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR
Mohamed Saleck Heyine
Former CEO, SNIM, Mauritania (Session Chair)
Moustapha Bechir
Technical Advisor, Upstream Sector, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Ahmed Taleb Mohamed
Minister’s Advisor in Charge of Mines, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Rokhaya Samba Dienne
Director General, SNG Senegal
Mohamed Yahya Zerrouk
Director General of Mines and Geology, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Ibrahima Bâ Madine
Director of Marketing and Mineral Properties, ANARPAM, Mauritania
Mahefoud Jeyid
Director General, ANARPAM, Mauritania
Zeinabou Tandia
Director of Sales & Regulation, Maaden, Mauritania
Ibrahima Mbodj
Director of Research and Diversification, SNIM, Mauritania
LOCAL CONTENT & NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN
17:15 - 18:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: OUTLINING THE NEXT STEPS FOR A SUSTAINABLE LOCAL CONTENT IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES & SUPPLY CHAINS
Abdel Aziz Dahi
Former Minister, Mauritania (Session Chair)
Mohamed Ould Lemrabott
Local Content Officer, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Mohamed Yahya Zerrouk
Director General of Mines and Geology, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
N'Gagne Demba Touré
Director General, SOMISEN, Senegal
Ibrahima Mbodj
Director of Research and Diversification, SNIM, Mauritania
Dr Sidi Bouhamady
Managing Director, Higher Institute of Energy Professions, Higher Polytechnic School, Mauritania
Aliou Ba Coulibaly
President, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Coalition, Mauritania
18:00
DAY 1 CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE DAY 1
20:00 - 22:00
MAURITANIDES NETWORKING RECEPTION & GALA DINNER